Your hospital team numbers much more than the admitting surgeon, internist, or pediatrician. The floor you are admitted to is often referred to as a unit. In a teaching hospital you will have, in order of seniority, interns, residents and fellows who will follow patients on more than one unit. These physicians-in-training belong to a
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Nurses work in all clinical areas of the hospital and develop “specialization” in those area Registered nurses have either 3 or 4 years of education prior to working, although many nurses go on to Master’s and PhD programs. Often have the most contact with the patient and their family and are an important support of
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About to go to the hospital? Nurse Natalie Trezza tells us why you want to make your nurses your new best friends An emergency visit or planned visit to the hospital can be a very difficult situation. As a patient entering the hospital you are going through an extremely stressful and anxiety producing experience. During
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